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Date:      Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:24:09 +0100
From:      =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= <johan@stromnet.se>
To:        David Schutt <david@speco.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HP ProLiant DL360 G5 success stories?
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On Mar 13, 2008, at 4:57 PM, David Schutt wrote:

> Johan Str=F6m wrote:
>> On Mar 13, 2008, at 1:01 AM, Sean Winn wrote:
>>> For using HP blades and standard iLO (no licensed advance =20
>>> features), it works perfectly well, installing both FreeBSD 5 and =20=

>>> 6 on the blades I've tried, using a remote install CD from the =20
>>> Java applet (there's one for remote devices like disks, and one =20
>>> for remote console); there's only text mode but that's plenty to =20
>>> install the OS and enable it to the point of using SSH to manage =20
>>> it from there on in. I'd hope the iLO hardware/software is =20
>>> relatively common to all the HP range :)
>>>
>>> text mode access continues at all times - the iLO interface is =20
>>> just a remote screen/keyboard onto it, even POST BIOS boot. The =20
>>> external devices are USB mass storage ones, but I didn't have =20
>>> problems booting off the CD and installing it for 6.2.
>> Well.. The blades seems to be an exception:
>> =95 iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition (unlicensed blade server):
>> o Remote Console and IRC
>> This is not listed under "iLO 2 Standard (unlicensed:)"... I guess =20=

>> that means I'm out of luck unless I want to bang up another $400 =20
>> (listing price).. Which I'd rather not :)
>> Anyone running those 360G5's using serial console on a normal =20
>> licensed iLO?
>
> Yes.  We have one DL360 G5, and I was able to get serial console =20
> working using information I found in this thread --
>
> =
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-proliant/2007-October/000303.ht=
ml
>
> Only downside is that the physical COM1 becomes unavailable, which =20
> caused some consternation when trying to monitor a UPS :-)

That is probably not a big deal for me. Then I guess this should work =20=

fine.. I've just played around some on 7.0 with serial console on a =20
regular port (not HP box though), and it seems to work fine.

 =46rom what I could tell i can just SSH to iLO and enter 'vps' and I  =20=

get the serial port, and that this works very good =
(http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-proliant/2007-August/000292.ht=
ml=20
). If anyone thinks opposite, I'd appreciate a line. :)

Thanks!=



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